diff --git a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/snap.txt b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/snap.txt
index 26df0d278b..e0fb6cd576 100644
--- a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/snap.txt
+++ b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/snap.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ peerDependencyRules:
     vite: "*"
     vitest: "*"
 
+> test -f vite-plus-monorepo/.gitignore && echo '.gitignore exists' || echo 'ERROR: .gitignore missing' # verify gitignore renamed from _gitignore
+.gitignore exists
+
+> test ! -f vite-plus-monorepo/.yarnrc.yml && echo 'No .yarnrc.yml' || echo 'ERROR: .yarnrc.yml exists' # verify no yarn config for pnpm
+No .yarnrc.yml
+
 > test -d vite-plus-monorepo/.git && echo 'Git initialized' || echo 'No git' # check git init
 Git initialized
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/steps.json b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/steps.json
index 76a715714f..4212e84c7d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/steps.json
+++ b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/new-vite-monorepo/steps.json
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     "cat vite-plus-monorepo/package.json # check package.json",
     "cat vite-plus-monorepo/vite.config.ts # check vite config has cache enabled",
     "cat vite-plus-monorepo/pnpm-workspace.yaml # check workspace config",
+    "test -f vite-plus-monorepo/.gitignore && echo '.gitignore exists' || echo 'ERROR: .gitignore missing' # verify gitignore renamed from _gitignore",
+    "test ! -f vite-plus-monorepo/.yarnrc.yml && echo 'No .yarnrc.yml' || echo 'ERROR: .yarnrc.yml exists' # verify no yarn config for pnpm",
     "test -d vite-plus-monorepo/.git && echo 'Git initialized' || echo 'No git' # check git init",
     "ls vite-plus-monorepo/apps # check apps directory created",
     "ls vite-plus-monorepo/apps/website/package.json # check website package.json",